Verizon’s data plans

Recently Verizon has come out of the wood work with a bit of information about their data plans. Information on Verizon is stating that they will be putting “caps” on their unlimited data plans and at the same time set forth some restriction within their new tiered plans.

Generally speaking the four majors usually follow each other’s moves pretty closely. At&t just before the release of the iPhone 4 announced tiered data plans and essentially the removal of ‘unlimited’ access. If you are a Verizon customer you should know information is circulating that Verizon is planning on implanting the same structure into their plans. It is unknown at this point what Verizon’s pricing structure will look like, however if it looks like At&t’s, well some users may be unhappy. At&t’s tiered data plans removed the word ‘unlimited’ from the picture and essentially let you get your 200 MB of data for 15 bucks a month, and the higher end providing you with 2GB of data for 20 bucks a month. Information floating around the interwebs is claiming that Verizons new data plans will go into effect sometime around July 29th. The prices are not confirmed and or plan information not even seemingly leaked, but most are under the assumption that Verizon’s prices will be within an earshot of what At&t has already established.

The improvements to Verizon’s smartphone line up is most likely the match to this fire as At&t announced their plans assuming mass overload to their network with the release of the iPhone 4. With the release of devices like the HTC Incredible and the new monster phone the Droid X it looks like Verizon is hunkering down for the storm of flying bits, and bytes.

So keep in mind, the more data your phone can consume, simply means the more leverage for the carriers to revamp their data plans and essentially up the fees. Makes sense, and I cannot blame them.

How much of this new data we are PAYING for is ADVERTISING? Advertisers should be paying for the data, not the consumer!

Remember regular old TV? 10-15 minutes per hour in the 60’s, 20-30 minutes per hour in the 70’s. Along came PAYING for satellite TV service with the promise of NO advertising! Then? More channels with advertising!

Check your new smart cookies out in your new super phone and you will see what is going to be pumping data usage to the limits! Get this – you are paying to receive already paid for advertising in the form of data kb used ( why do you think it is still listed as kb instead of Mb) $. Do you think for a moment that Google, MSN, Verizon, T-Mobile, Apple, Sprint and so on are going to loose any money? This is just another way to rape the public. Lets see, super fast data is on the way right now = data transfer takes 1/100th of the time = lower overall equipment use = less minutes billed = lower profit margins. Removal of ‘unlimited’ access when data usage is being pumped out in ever increasing size due to large chunks of advertising pop ups, push smart phone sales and you are back in the $$$ saddle $$$. Which one of these monopolies are loosing money right now.